The primary mission of Fotovision was to support photographers in creating, editing, funding and distributing a body of work.
As of 2011 Fotovision and its assets were donated to UC Berkeley where the University continues an annual artist talk in its name.
Workshop leaders included Sebastião Salgado, Antonin Kratochvil, James Nachtwey, Gene Richards, Ken Light, Joel Meyerowitz, Kim Komenich, Alan Rapp, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb.
In collaboration with the Berkeley School of Journalism, Fotovision hosted lectures by photographers, film screenings and book signings.
Under Melanie Light's direction, Fotovision published books by Larry Fink and Stephen Goldblatt's Beatles project, with editions sold as fundraisers for the non-profit.